• Date: Sat 22 September 2007
  • Venue: Craven Cottage
  • Ref: Halsey, M
  • Attendance: 24,674
Fulham

Fulham

Davies (13)

Bouazza (48)

Murphy (75)

3 - 3
Manchester City

Manchester City

Petrov (36)

Mpenza (50)

Petrov (60)

Fulham vs Manchester City

Team Lineups

Fulham

Antti Niemi
Aaron Hughes
Carlos Bocanegra
Paul Konchesky
Chris Baird
Alexei Smertin
Clint Dempsey
Steven Davis
Simon Davies (Diomansy Kamara, 46)
Hameur Bouazza (Ki-Hyeon Seol, 67)
David Healy (Danny Murphy, 67)

Manchester City

Kasper Schmeichel
Vedran Corluka
Javier Garrido
Richard Dunne
Micah Richards
Dietmar Hamann
Blumer Elano (Deiberson Geovanni, 80)
Stephen Ireland (Sun Jihai, 83)
Michael Johnson, M
Martin Petrov
Emile Lokonda Mpenza (Rolando Bianchi, 80)


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

All square at Craven Cottage after a thrilling game

90

Geovanni drived forward from the middle and opened up some space to shoot, but his effort flew desperately over the bar

90

Kasper Schmiecal made a difficult decision to come and punch the ball from a free kick and he can count himself lucky Fulham didn't score

90

Lawrie Sanchez is out in his technical area urging his team to go on and win the game

90

The fourth official indicates 4 minutes of added time

88
Yellow Card
 

Dietmar Hamann booked for a needless foul

86

Richard Dunne with a sliced clearance is adored by the home crowd as Fulham regain possession

84
Substitution
 

Stephen Ireland is replaced by Sun Jihai

83

Richard Dunne showed great strength and pace to match Kamara as he raced through on goal and clear the ball to safety

81
Substitution
 

Bianchi and Geovanni replace Elano and Mpenza

80

Sven Goran Eriksonn gets Rolando Bianchi and Geovanni ready to come on as substitutes

77

Emile Mpenza with a total mis-cued shot as Man City push forward to try and get a winning goal

75
Goal
 

FULHAM 3 - 3 MAN CITY: (GOAL) Danny Murphy with a good finish to equalise in this dramatic game

70
Yellow Card
 

And so is Dempsey

70
Yellow Card
 

Richards is booked for his part in the incident

70

Micah Richards and Clint Dempsey go head to head after an aerial challenge

67
Substitution
 

Seol Ki-Hyeon replaces David Healy

67
Substitution
 

Hameur Bouazza is replaced by Danny Murphy

66

Micah Richards shows his class once again as he held off Kamara and played the ball on easily

63

Man City are playing some fantastic football and are looking very dangerous every time they attack

61
Goal
 

FULHAM 2 - 3 MAN CITY: (PETROV) A great move and goal between Elano and Petrov allowed Petrov into the box and the Bulgarian fired home to put City in front

60

Kasper Schmiechel dealt well with a low cross into the box from Konchesky, gathering it comfortably

57

Bocanegra once again in the action this time almost smashing the ball into the top corner with a half volley

55
Yellow Card
 

Carlos Bocanegra is booked for a late lunging tackle on Elano

52

Carlos Bocanegra clatters into the boardings after tackling Mpenza but he looks to be ok

50
Goal
 

FULHAM 2 - 2 MAN CITY: (MPENZA) Emile Mpenza with an immediate reply for Man City with a close range header

49
Goal
 

FULHAM 2 - 1 MAN CITY: (BOUAZZA) Hameur Bouazza with a magnificent powerful free kick from twenty yards out

47

Kamara straight into the thick of the action nutmegging Richard Dunne and winning a free kick on the edge of the area

Second half
 

Fulham restart the game

45
Substitution
 

Diomansy Kamara replaces the injured SImon Davies

Half time
 

Half time and it's all square at the break

45

It's all Man City towards the close, as the fourth official indicates one of added time

43

Bouazza did well to win a corner off Corluka as he surged down the left

40

Man City are getting back into the game slowly but surely as their goal looks to have knocked Fulham's confidence

38

Dietmar Hamann struck a half volley with perfection but unfortuneately it flew past the left hand upright

36
Goal
 

FULHAM 1 - 1 MAN CITY: (PETROV) Martin Petrov cut in from the left hand side and rode two challenges before poking the ball past Niemi into the bottom corner

34

Dietmar Hamann switched the ball to Garrido on the left, but the Spaniard couldn't pick a blue shirt out in the box

32

Vedran Corluka got forward to the byline and whipped the ball accross the face of the goal, but there was not a Man City player in sight and Chris Baird cleared to safety

30

Simon Davies is doing well down the right hand side and is causing Javier Garrido some problems

27

Martin Petrov missed the chance to put City level as Elano flicked a cross onto him at the back post, but the Bulgarian fired wide of the goal

25

Man City are off the pace and giving the ball away sloppily, this time it was Micah Richards who was caught in possession

23

David Healy claims for a penalty after he looked to be blocked off by Javier Garrido inside the penalty area

21

Fulham have played some good football in the opening twenty minutes and are putting Man City under suprising pressure

19

Steven Davis with another electrifying run from midfield but Hameur Bouazza stole the ball and fired way over the bar

17

Micah Richards with some solid defending once again for City

15

Clint Dempsey leaves the field for treatment on a head injury inflicted by Micah Richards

13
Goal
 

FULHAM 1 - 0 MAN CITY: (DAVIES) Simon Davies puts Fulham ahead with a superb glancing header from a Hameur Bouazza cross

11

Martin Petrov win Man City their first corner of the game which dropped just outside the box, for Elano to fire the ball straight down Anti Niemi's throat

9

Emile Mpenza did well to knock the ball off for Stephen Ireland who ran onto the ball but fired it a mile over the bar

7

Steven Davis with a surging run from midfield but took one touch too many and Vedran Corluka intercepted the ball

5

Good intervention by Micah Richards who just did enough to knock David Healy off balance as he looked to get his shot off

4

Simon Davies picked the ball up on the wing and whipped a good cross into the box that was cleared by Richard Dunne

2

Kasper Schmeichel get his hands on the ball early in the game with a good claim from Clint Dempsey's cross

1
Kickoff
 

Man City get the game underway

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Referee: Mark Halsey

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Clint Dempsey will be looking to continue his good for for Fulham, who will be looking to climb up the table with a home win here at Craven Cottage.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

City will be boosted by the return of Richard Dunne who was suspended in the last game against Villa, and Stephen Ireland is also recalled to the side after his recent ordeal.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Fulham Line-up: Niemi, Baird, Bocanegra, Hughes, Konchesky, Bouazza, Smertin, Davies, Davis, Healy, Dempsey

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Manchester City Line-up: Schmeichel, Corluka, Richards, Dunne, Garrido, Ireland, Hamann, Johnson, Petrov, Elano, Mpenza